/vr/ - Retro Games

400 more points. Radical. I guess I really should try milking the bombs.

>CURRENT BOARDS
>2 MINUTE
700200 - Cave owns bitch
675800 - fug
668700- Character O
337400 - LOW SCORE BOY
>5 MINUTE
2140200 - Cave owns bitch
2085000 - fug
1857800 - Character O
1178100 - LOW SCORE BOY

>>6222883
It's a real bummer that this one didn't take off the same way the Star Soldier one did, especially because this is a way better game. I wonder if I should have more time between editions - people may not be very interested in weekly shmupping compared to one showing up every blue moon.

This is what I get for having my first real shmupping experience being something as simple as Star Soldier. I got all 4 fighter jets, every red box I saw, all of the Bs, the amoebas, the in-the-circle miniboss, the eyes AND the bosses quicker than usual, but I still got lower than my current high score. I'm not even sure what I did differently. Maybe I missed more orbs than I thought?

I imagine the hugest amount of points comes from getting the mechs killed fast enough that I can make it to the B tiles. That's like 20 or 40k points, right?

>CURRENT BOARDS
>2 MINUTE
700200 - Cave owns bitch
675800 - fug
668300- Character O
337400 - LOW SCORE BOY
>5 MINUTE
2140200 - Cave owns bitch
2085000 - fug
1857800 - Character O
1178100 - LOW SCORE BOY

Well, it's February 24, but I finally got a chance to actually get back to the game. If it's alright with you guys, I'd like to extend it at least a few more days to see if I can add some more to my score. Otherwise, I'll just go through the wrap up.

Thanks, homie. Solid starting score! Don't forget about those secret bonuses - hit the B's, kill enemies quickly to get higher scoring enemies to appear, and blow up the eyeballs at the same time with your split shot.

>CURRENT BOARDS
>2 MINUTE
700200 - Cave owns bitch
648400 - fug
645300- Character O
337400 - LOW SCORE BOY
>5 MINUTE
2022600 - Cave owns bitch
1857800 - Character O
1178100 - LOW SCORE BOY

>>6214383
You only get one bomb in 5 minute mode, it's the little blue thing that floats next to your ship when you pick it up. Could you do me a solid and format your score like in the OP so I can copy and paste it on my phone?

I've been busy with stuff at home and work and haven't been able to get to the game as much, but I'm gonna bump the thread to get more eyes on it. Anyone can hop in - it's only a 3 minute game. Don't just lurk! Come lay down a score!

>>6213560
Yeah, I ended up binding select to the button next to my shoot just so I'm not bringing my thumb over to hit select over and over. Do shmups still have speed control nowadays?

In 5 minute, I wonder if it's a good idea to save the bomb you get for the final boss. I burned it in the middle when two big green dudes came down and it gave me a bonus for killing them.

Christ's sake.

>CURRENT BOARDS
>2 MINUTE
700200 - Cave owns bitch
648400 - fug
645300- Character O
>5 MINUTE
2022600 - Cave owns bitch
1857800 - Character O

It's interesting to see a shmup with speed control. What's funny is that the sequel Soldier Blade also has speed control, but only two: low and high. I feel like I only have use for level 2 speed at the very beginning where I need to go faster than slow, but the normal shot is too narrow to hit anything if I'm flying fast.

It seems like my biggest problem may be losing my powerups at the bosses because I'm in too close and get hit by something - usually the yellow bombs from the second dude, I think. Also just keeping calm - there's a lot of shit on screen, and I end up flying all over the goddamn place at top speed just trying to catch and shoot everything and end up running into shit.

>CURRENT BOARDS
>2 MINUTE
700200 - Cave owns bitch
648400 - fug
645300- Character O
>5 MINUTE
2022600 - Cave owns bitch
880100 - Character O

Man, this is tough. I can barely scrape past what I set at the start.

>CURRENT BOARDS
>2 MINUTE
700200 - Cave owns bitch
648400 - fug
634200- Character O
>5 MINUTE
2022600 - Cave owns bitch
880100 - Character O

>>6213406
Yeah, I think it'd be easier to ban it for our purposes just because it'd be pretty annoying to have to have everyone use a specific emulator just to get proper autofire to be competitive. I gotta revert your score, unfortunately.

>CURRENT BOARDS
>2 MINUTE
700200 - Cave owns bitch
648400 - fug
625500- Character O
>5 MINUTE
2022600 - Cave owns bitch
880100 - Character O

It looks like Retroarch only has an autofire toggle where everything gets autofired when the button is held. Guess I gotta use mednafen too.

>>6213364
Hmm. Well, if it's used elsewhere, I guess I'll have to allow it here. I haven't had the chance to play for a bit, but I'll see if I can get something in now.

>CURRENT BOARDS
>2 MINUTE
749100 - Cave owns bitch
648400 - fug
625500- Character O
>5 MINUTE
2022600 - Cave owns bitch
880100 - Character O

>>6212270
You've got a whole week. The other two guys started playing this yesterday. Just hop in and start.

>>6212242
From what I can tell, it's killing the green circles firing missiles at you fast enough. Similar to the extra two jets that will only appear if you destroy the first two fast enough.

>CURRENT BOARDS
>2 MINUTE
700200 - Cave owns bitch
648400 - fug
625500- Character O
>5 MINUTE
2022600 - Cave owns bitch
880100 - Character O

Glad this one's set more of a fire. Hopefully more people can be inspired to try.

>CURRENT BOARDS
>2 MINUTE
700200 - Cave owns bitch
626100 - fug
625500- Character O
>5 MINUTE
2022600 - Cave owns bitch
880100 - Character O

>>6210963
The TurboGrafx came with autofire as a standard on their controllers, but I'm not sure if there's any setting that would turn the autofire up or down, or if it's just set to max by default. I'll have to find out later.

Hot start! Thanks for the vid.

>CURRENT BOARDS
>2 MINUTE
700200 - Cave owns bitch
626100 - fug
625500- Character O
>5 MINUTE
880100 - Character O

>>6204841
>the final gun game evolution
>2015
2Spicy had a double pedal system back in 2007. It was also fucking awesome because it was a pvp game where you played against an opponent running around a level full of destructible cover shooting it out like a competitive gallery shooter. It's such a goddamn bummer that the only arcade that had it near me closed down a long time ago. Playing that against a friend was some of the most fun I ever had on a machine.